The Best 20 Australian Brands for 2009 are listed below: Click to Enlarge Source: Interbrand Some of the Australian companies that own the brands in the above list are listed in the US markets. These include Westpac Banking (WBK), National Australia Bank (OTC: NABZY), Australia and New Zealand Banking Corp (OTC: ANZBY).
Many foreign companies are listed in the NASDAQ market. A few of them are part of the NASDAQ 100 Index which is the main index of this market. Definition of NASDAQ-100 Index from Wikipedia: “The NASDAQ-100 is a stock market index of 100 of the largest domestic and international non-financial companies listed on the NASDAQ. …
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The list of 50 Most Valuable U.S. Retail Brands was published by Interbrand earlier this year. The Top 10 of these brands are listed below: [TABLE=249] Brand valuation methodology: “All contenders for the list must qualify as follows: the brand must be a market-facing brand, with publicly available financial data, and positive Economic Value Added …
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The SPDR DJ Euro Stoxx 50 ETF (FEZ) and SPDR DJ Stoxx 50 ETF (FEU) offer exposure to some of the largest companies in Europe. FEZ is the largest of the two funds with an asset base of $166M. 1.The SPDR DJ Euro Stoxx 50 ETF (FEZ) FEZ tracks the performance of the Dow Jones …
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The Brazilian market index Bovespa is one of the top performing emerging market indices this year. The index is up 142% in dollar terms since the start of this year. Gains are amplified in dollar terms since the local currency Real has appreciated by over 26% this year. The world’s five largest companies by 2008 revenues …
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